8 minute read time.. In a final edition of my upcoming book, my editor actively encouraged me to add a section explaining “about Buddhism.” I resisted this for more than a year because I like universal language, repel labels and…

I recently found myself in a discussion with someone about how the United States needs to put “America First” and stop helping so much around the world. I found myself in a circular argument I couldn’t articulate well because I…

Devoted attention. I can’t be anywhere else. All my plans fall into her wake, her rhythm. It takes less than a moment for us to find us. We hadn’t been together in three months, but we are always together. All these years….

A white cloud passes by and hides the mouth of a cave causing so many birds to lose their way home. For me, it is time well spent understanding the nature and impermanence of clouds. More? Regardless of how…

My new book is released tomorrow. I really want you to buy it. (here) But how do I say that? Doubts snarl my hands up in a ball and keep from writing you all. Promoting. Churning. Doing what I committed,…

A year ago last December, on the other side of the world, I stepped off the Adam’s Peak pilgrimage path and into the back of a van, collapsing from exhaustion. The little monk who climbed with us looked over at…

Hi Friends, I’ve been gone but not gone. Deep in the trenches. Making things. You’ll see. Here is what I’ve discovered so far; People often seek happiness in one of two ways: 1 | Head Dharma: Searching far and wide,…